Wed. 8/22 - Introductions, classroom tour/rules, "Getting to Know You" exercise
Thurs. 8/23 - Class rules rehash, diagnostic grammar test
Fri. 8/24 - MLA headings, (Daily Grammar Practice - bellwork) DGP Appendix B, syllabus, REMIND setup, supplies needed, journal writing
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Mon. 8/27 - start DGP Week One (due Friday) - History of the English Language (lecture)
Tues. 8/28 - DGP, website review, "How New Words Are Added" worksheet, Journal Entry #1
Wed. 8/29 - DGP, "Shame" by Dick Gregory (negative connontations)
Thurs. 8/30 - DGP, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou (positive connotations) Do: pg. 462, 1-4
Fri. 8/31 - DGP Week One due today, "Retrieved Reformation" short story Do: pg. 36, 1-8
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Mon. 9/3 - Labor Day
Tues. 9/4 - Syllabus due today - DGP Week 2 - Finish "Retrieved Reformation"
Wed. 9/5 - DGP -assign ChromeBooks and practice log-ins (Google, Amplify) Journal Entry #2 "Brain Power"
Thurs. 9/6 -DGP - "Complete Subjects and Predicates" GWB pgs. 1-3
Fri. 9/7 - DGP Week 2 due today - Quizlet
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Mon. 9/10- MAPS
Tues. 9/11 - MAPS TESTING
Wed. 9/12 - 5 Attention Getters for essays - first Advisory day - GWB pgs. 4-6 work sheet "Simple Subjects"
Thurs. 9/13 - Essay Organization - outlining - body paragraph structure
Fri. 9/14 - Journal Entry #3 "Banker's Diary" - GWB pgs. 7-9 "Simple Predicates, or Verbs"
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Mon. 9/17 - DGP Week 3, GWB pgs. 10-12 "Verb Phrases"
Tues. 9/18 - Outlines - outlining practice
Wed. 9/19 - GWB pgs. 13-15 "Compound Sentence Parts"
Thurs. 9/20 - "Superman and Me" short story - focus on tone/mood
Fri. 9/21 - DGP Week 3 due - Kahoot grammar terms game
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Mon. 9/24 - DGP Week 4 - review for GWB test
Tues. 9/25 - Grammar workbook test over pages 1-15
Wed. 9/26 - GWB pgs. 16-18 "Kinds of Sentences" (Advisory today)
Thurs. 9/27 - "The Most Important Day" short story focus on imagery
Fri. 9/28 - DGP Week 4 due - GWB pgs. 19-21 "Subjects in Unusual Order"
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Mon. 10/1 - DGP Week 5 - Journal Entry #5 - Outlining Practice
Tues. 10/2 - finish Outlining Practice (Game with Infinitives in Sentences)
Wed. 10/3 - GWB pgs. 22-24 "Complements: Subject Complements"
Thurs. 10/4 - Grammar Terms (Quizlet game, then pop quiz over the board terms)
Fri. 10/5 - DGP Week 5 due Monday - GWB pgs. 25-26 "Complements: Objects of Verbs"
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Mon. 10/8 - DGP Week 6 - Grammar Review
Tues. 10/9 - "A Crime of Compassion" model Illustration essay
Wed. 10/10 -GWB 28-30 "Fragments and Run-Ons"
Thurs. 10/11 - "Simplicity" essay modeling paragraphing
Fri. 10/12 - DGP Week 6 due- Diagramming packets distributed
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Mon. 10/15 - Grammar review for test tomorrow
Tues. 10/16 - Test over grammar workbook pages 16-30
Wed. 10/17 - Fall Break
Thurs. 10/18 - Fall Break
Fri. 10/19 - Fall Break
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Mon. 10/22 - Teacher Professional Day (No School)
Tues. 10/23 - DGP Week 7 - Problem/Solution Essays begin - review grammar for Thurs. quiz
Wed. 10/24 - (Advisory today)-continued work on essays - review grammar for Thurs. quiz
Thurs. 10/25 -DGP quiz over Weeks 1-5 - continued work on essays
Fri. 10/26 - GWB pgs. 31-33 "Kinds of Nouns" (due Monday)- DGP Week 7 due today - Problems/Solution Essays to be uploaded to Google Classroom today by midnight
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Mon. 10/29 - DGP Week 8 - GWB pgs. 34-36 "Singular and Plural Nouns"(due tomorrow)
Tues. 10/30 - "My Name" by Sandra Cisneros - writing assignment with story
Wed. 10/31 -GWB pgs. 37-39 "Possessive Nouns"(try to do this in class and have no homework for Halloween)
Thurs. 11/1 - Holistic Scoring (reading and evaluating other well-written essay examples)
Fri. 11/2 - DGP Week 8 due today - GWB pgs. 40-42 "Compound Nouns"
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Mon. 11/5 - DGP Week 9; review Holistic Scoring
Tues. 11/6 - No School "Civic Duty Day" (Election Day)
Wed. 11/7 - GWB 43-45 "Nouns as Subjects and Complements" - review for DGP Quiz tomorrow
Thurs. 11/8 - DGP Quiz over WEEKS 6-8 - start - "Nouns in Phrases"
Fri. 11/9 - DGP Week 9 due - finish GWB 46-48 "Nouns in Phrases"
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Mon. 11/12 - DGP Week 10 begin short story "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier
Tues. 11/13 - Continue "The Birds"
Wed. 11/14 - Finish reading "The Birds" - begin finding examples of literary devices used in the story
Thurs. 11/15 - Finishing literary devices, begin writing our own, original versions of "The Rest of the Story"
Fri. 11/16 - DGP Week 10 due - Kahoot over "The Birds" - "The Rest of the Story" due on Monday (200+ words)
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Mon. 11/19 - No DGP this week - review for GWB test over pages 31-48 (nouns unit)
Tues. 11/20 - Test over grammar work book pages 31-48
Wed - Fri. - Thanksgiving Break
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Mon. 11/26- DGP Week 11 - Intro to Elizabethan Theater
Tues. 11/27 - Shakepeare and The Globe Theater
Wed. 11/28 - finish notes on Elizabethan Theater
Thurs. 11/29 (MAPS Testing) (Romeo and Juliet media selection)
Fri. 11/30- DGP Week 11 due; (MAPS Testing) (Romeo and Juliet media selection)
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Mon. 12/3 - DGP 12 - Globe Theater worksheet and notes
Tues. 12/4 - William Shakepeare's Biography
Wed. 12/5 - Oxymorons/Puns worksheet
Thurs. 12/6 - GWB 49-51 "What Is a Pronoun?"
Fri. 12/7 -DGP Week 12 due today; GWB 52-54 "Subject Pronouns"
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Mon. 12/10 DGP Week 13; Shakespeare Timeline (review for DGP test tomorrow)
Tues. 12/11 - DGP Test over WEEKS 9-11 - GWB pgs. 55-57 "Object Pronouns"
Wed. 12/12 - Notes on Queen Elizabeth and her heritage
Thurs. 12/13 - Homonyms / Citations
Fri. 12/14 - DGP Week 13 due today; "Possessive Pronouns" GWB pgs. 58-60
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12/17 - Mon. - Iambic Pentameter (Blank Verse and Rhymed Verse) - Prose; DGP Week 14 - GWB pgs. 61-63 "Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns"
12/18 - Semester Review for Final (recites of Prologue for extra credit)
12/19 - Semester Review for Final (recites of Prologue for extra credit)
Tues. 12/20 - Semester Finals Hours 1,3,5,&7
Wed. 12/21 - Semester Finals Hours 2,4,6 &7
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Mon. 1/7 - Vocab over Act One "Romeo and Juliet" (how to read a script) - DGP Week 15
Tues. 1/8 - Prologue GWB pgs. 64-66 "Interrogatives and Demonstratives"
Wed. 1/9 - Reading R&J Act I (sc. 1 & 2) aloud - study guide "Worksheet #1"
Thurs. 1/10 - R&J study guide "Worksheet #2" - GWB pgs. 67-69 "Pronoun Antecedent Agreement"
Fri. 1/11 - DGP Week 15 due today - reading aloud Act 1 (sc. 3, 4, & 5) study guide "Worksheets #3 & #4"
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1/14 - DGP Week 16 - Romeo and Juliet Act One study guide "Worksheet #5"
1/15 - GWB pgs. 70-72 "Indefinite Pronoun Agreement" - Quiz over Act One (Act One Study Guide Worksheets due)
1/16 -DGP Quiz over Weeks 12-14 - Journal Writing (Journal Entry #6)
1/17 - Act 2, (Romeo and Juliet Quizlet game) DGP Week 16 due today
1/18 - No school - Teacher Professional Day
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1/21 - Mon. - No School - MLK Day
1/22 - Tues. -Act II Vocab - Begin reading Act 2 - DGP Week 17
1/23 - Wed. - Quotes - GWB pgs. 73-75 "Pronoun Problems"
1/24 - Thurs. - Quotes - Finish Act 2 - study guide and reading
1/25 - Fri. - DGP Week 17 due today - GWB pgs. 76-78 "More Pronoun Problems"
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1/28 - Mon. - DGP Week 18; Citations practice worksheet
1/29 - Tues. - Act II Quiz - Act III Vocab
1/30 - Wed. - Begin reading Act III
1/31 - Thurs. - Finish reading Act III, begin study guide
2/1 - Fri. - DGP Week 18 due today - finish study guide for Act III
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2/4 - Mon. - DGP Week 19; Act III Quiz; Act IV and Act V vocab
2/5 - Tues. -GWB 139-141 "Gerund Phrases"
2/6 - Wed. - Review "Gerund Phrases"
2/7 - Thurs. - Reading Act IV and study guide
2/8 - Fri. - DGP 19 due today - finish Act IV study guide
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2/11 - Mon. - DGP Week 20 - reading Act V (study guide)
2/12 - Tues. - Review of Romeo and Juliet unit
2/13 - Wed. - Review over R&J unit; review pronouns unit
2/14 - Thurs. - Test over pronouns unit
2/15 - Fri. - DGP Week 20 due; R&J test over famous quotes from the play
GWB 142-144 "Participial Phrases"
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2/18 - Mon. President's Day - No School
2/19 - Tues. - DGP Week 21; GWB 145-147 "Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases"
2/20 - Wed. - "What Is a Preposition?" grammar worksheet packet
2/21 - Thurs. - "Using Prepositional Phrases" grammar worksheet packet
2/22 - Fri. - DGP Week 21 due - "Appositives and Appositive Phrases" grammar worksheet packet
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2/25 - Mon. - DGP 22- begin propaganda unit - Worksheets exercise one and exercise two
2/26 - Tues. - Propaganda worksheets exercises three, four, five and six
2/27 - Wed. - Propaganda exercises seven, and eight
2/28 - Thurs. - Propaganda exercises nine and ten
3/1 - Fri. - DGP 22 due today - Propanganda Nazi film "The Extreme Jew"
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3/4 - Mon. - DGP 23 - No School - severely cold wind chill factor
3/5 - Tues. -DGP 23 - Propaganda exercises 11, 12, 13, and 14
3/6 - Wed. - Finish propaganda unit - exercises 15 and 16
3/7 - Thurs. - Begin The Diary of Anne Frank
3/8 - Fri. DGP 23 due; Essay writing "Could Hitler Have Been Stopped?" 200 word minimum.
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3/11 - Mon. - Test review over phrases unit; essays due today
3/12 - Tues. - picture day - reading in The Diary of Anne Frank
3/13 - Wed. - Phrases Unit Test
3/14 - Thurs - Teacher Professional Development Day - students off
3/15 - Fri. - Off
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3-18 to 3-22 - Off for springtime break.
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3/25 - Mon. - DGP 24; GWB 79-81 "What Is a Verb?" (DGPs returned to study for Wednesday's quiz)
3/26 - Tues. - The Diary of Anne Frank (continued reading in Act I)
3/27 - Wed. - DGP quiz over weeks 19-21GWB 82-84 "Action Verbs and Their Objects"
3/28 - Thurs. - The Diary of Anne Frank vocabulary Kahoots (group project - each group builds a Kahoot with 16 vocab words)
3/29 - Fri. - DGP 24 due today; working on building Anne Frank vocab Kahoots
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4/1 - DGP Week 25; GWB 85-87 "Linking Verbs" - Anne Frank vocab Kahoots due today
4/2 - Wed. - Reading The Diary of Anne Frank
4/3 - Thurs. - GWB 88-90 "Principal Parts of Verbs"
4/4 - Fri. - OSTP preparation - play Anne Frank Vocab Kahoots
4/5 - DGP 25 due today; OSTP Prep Test Sections 9, 10, and 11
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4/8 - DGP 26; GWB 91-93 "Irregular Verbs" (OSTP Practice make ups)
4/9 - OSTP Practice
4/10 - GWB pgs. 94-96 "Simple Tenses"
4/11 - OSTP Practice
4/12 - DGP 26 due today; OSTP Practice
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4/15 - Mon. - OSTP Testing
4/16 - Tues. - GWB pgs. 97-99 "Perfect Tenses"
4/17 - Wed - OSTP Testing; Media "Anne Frank"
4/18 - Thurs. - GWB pgs. 100-102 "Using Verb Tenses"
4/19 - Fri. - OSTP Testing/Media "Anne Frank"
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4/22 - Mon. - DGP 27; Reading Act II, The Diary of Anne Frank
4/23 - Tues. - Reading Act II, The Diary of Anne Frank
4/24 - Wed. - PSAT Testing
4/25 - Thurs. - GWB pgs. 103-105 "Troublesome Verb Pairs"
4/26 - Fri. - Finish reading the play, The Diary of Anne Frank
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4/29 - Mon. - DGP 28; Anne Frank Character Essays
4/30 - Tues. - Anne Frank Character Essays - upload to Google Classroom
5/1 - Wed. - GWB 178-180 "People and Cultures"
5/2 - Thurs. - GWB pgs. 181-183 "First Words and Titles"
5/3 - Fri. - DGP 28 due today; Grammar Games
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5/6 - Mon. - DGP 29; Driller's Stadium (baseball game)
5/7 - Tues. - MAPS Testing
5/8 - Wed. - MAPS Testing
5/9 - Thurs. - Make up day for MAPS testing (work in classrooms as a make-up day for any missing assignments)
5/10 - Fri. - DGP 29 due today; 8th grade Fun Day
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5/13 - Mon. - DGP 30 - GWB 184-186 "Places and Transportation" (capitalization review)
5/14 - Tues. - "The Lesson of the Moth" Poetry Writing
5/15 - Wed. - GWB 187-189 "Organization and Other Subjects" (capitalization review)
5/16 - Thurs. - Poetry Reading (Oral Presentations)
5/17 - Fri. - Locker cleanout; finals review (verbs); DGP 30 due
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5/20 - Mon. -Inclement Weather Day - No School
5/21 - Tues. - Inclement Weather Day - No School
5/22 - Wed. - finals
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